2025

Sintrop: A Blockchain for Social and Environmental Impact Applications

André O. Ravagnani

Abstract

Blockchain technology has the potential to significantly impact the fight against climate change and humanity’s social problems, many different applications are possible to be built with smart contracts. The problem is that decentralized blockchains process very few transactions per second, so projects with real-world impact need to compete for transactions with memecoins, NFTs and others speculative low-value tokens and projects. This competition increases gas fees, limiting the number of impact business models able to operate. What is needed is a decentralized blockchain infrastructure focused on applications that can make the world better. We propose a public peer-to-peer impact blockchain, running with proof-of-work consensus algorithm with the aim of operating mostly with renewable energy.

Sintrop: A Blockchain for Social and Environmental Impact Applications